Travis Tritt - The day the sun stood still

We were ^Cyoung and bound for glory Itchin' ^Ffor a fight like you Bringin' ^Ghell and purgatory To the ^Emboys who wore the Blue And I ^Fthought I'd seen it ^Gall Till the ^Emday night wouldn't ^Amfall Oh how the ^Fsun did blaze Wouldn't go ^Gdown for days.

I got ^Cshot and lost my rifle When the ^Ffirst wave hit the rise And the ^Gguns rolled out like thunder And the ^Emblack smoke burned my eyes And I ^Fwatched it all un^Gfold Just the ^Emway the Bible ^Amtold Joshua's ^Fendless day Keepin' the ^Gnight at bay.

And the ^Amsoldiers kept a comin' Til the ^Fground looked like a sea Of Blue and ^GGrey And I ^Amwatched it from a distance Wonderin' ^Fif I would've fought, or run ^Gaway.

The Day The Sun Stood ^CStill How they beat the bloody ^Gdrums And the seconds moved like ^Amhours But the sunset never ^Fcomes And the cannons shake the ^Cground And the bullets test your ^Gwill Even shadows found no ^Amcover On that Godforsaken ^Fhill The ^GDay The Sun Stood ^CStill. ^F

And I ^Cwatched them lean their shoulders To the fearful hail of lead And I ^Gprayed for night to save us And I ^Emcried and bowed my head But the ^Fsun just kept a-^Gcreepin' Cross a ^Emcold indifferent ^Amsky Castin' a ^Fdeadly glow On all the ^Gmen below.

All the ^Amhours in a lifetime Don't add ^Fup to one while minute, in that ^Gs-un And the ^Amheroes and the cowards Look the ^Fsame when they have fallen, by the ^Ggun.

The Day The Sun Stood ^CStill And the North and South looked ^Gwest But the evening star was ^Amsleepin? And the daylight wouldn't ^Frest Out on the killin? ^Cfloor The red sun on the ^Ghill Shinin' down on all the ^Amdead men With a strange and eerie ^Fchill The ^GDay The Sun Stood ^CStill.

^BbDo not judge, what you ^Fbrother does ^CTill you've walked a mile ^GRank by bloody file ^BbWho's to say, if you'll ^Frun or stay, and ^Gf-ight.

The Day The Sun Stood ^CStill Is just beneath the ^Gskin In the soul of every ^Amsoldier Every battle that he's ^Fin The Day The Sun Stood ^CStill Will haunt your dreams at ^Gnight And stalk your every ^Amsunrise Though you will not know it ^Ftill The ^GDay The Sun Stood ^CStill.

How they beat the bloody ^Gdrums And the seconds moved like ^Amhours But the sunset never ^Fcomes And the cannons shake the ^Cground And the bullets test your ^Gwill Even shadows found no ^Amcover On that Godforsaken ^Fhill The ^GDay The Sun Stood ^CStill. ^F

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